VulnerabilityUndergoing Analysis

CVE-2026-11605

The issue is a resource exhaustion vulnerability associated with DNSSEC validation.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.54%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The issue is a resource exhaustion vulnerability associated with DNSSEC validation. BIND always validates all RRSIG records in an answer, even if they are not strictly needed. A query to an authoritative server/zone which returns many valid but superfluous RRSIG records causes the validator to waste disproportionate CPU time. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-408
Source: security-officer@isc.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.